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Hes a strange player. When I see him play he sort of reminds me of one of the big boys who comes along when you were little, playing football in the park, does a few things, then gets on their bike and goes off again. Its like he's not really playing seriously, he might score a cracker from 30 yards or he might miss an absolute sitter and run off laughing.

He may adapt.. Rvp did. He wasn't tearing it up with his pace when he was 29 and scored all those goals. Also like I've said before, this guy does play blind passes and did need great understanding with his team mates in France. Its more imp to his game compared to other strikers as he isn't direct.

He will do better and better as time passes by but yes he cannot change a game on his own like Henry or sanchez for that matter.

I did watch him during the emirates cup some time back when he played against. He isn't rapid but his pace is comparable to rvp and he has enough to get in behind defenses if a through ball is played. Ramsey gets in behind the defense much more frequently than theo. Timing is a lot more imp than just raw pace.
He has a good football brain and will do well but he's he won't win you games until he develops an understanding with our forwards. But he won't be like Henry if that was what people were expecting. Not even close

GoofleRYP had a better burst if pace and made yards for himself through his movement. Laca is just slow and doesn't have the nous.

Laca can get away and has the footwork and skills to do the same. What he doesn't have yet is the intelligence. Even giroud has better movement that way if you discount severe lack of pace (that goal against liverpool where he rolled the defender).
But if you look at lacazette3 years ago and now there's a lot improvement in the link up and movement.

Rvp didn't have that 23, but he was quickrr then. After 27 his movement and awareness of space went to another level.

Looking at those things, i feel laca can still improve because unlike English player s like ox, theo he seems to want to if you look at his career.

Also i feel he has a shorter back lift than the other players i mentioned, so he should not need the same amount of time and space to shoot as giroud or even RVP. He has natural power in his strikes.

GS this is how you make yourself look silly, by making a judgement on a player before they even have a chance to settle and then relentlessly sticking to your assessment no matter what and refuse to acknowledge in any capacity whenever they play well thereafter.

You did the same with Cech and Mustafi (who were both excellent yesterday by the way).

Albert Einstein once said: "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

BootyDaddyThe PL can be tough initially, Pires and Bergkamp were c.rap for awhile when they first joined and even Henry didn't hit the ground running. Lacazette has at least bagged a couple of goals already.
I agree its doubtful he'll teach their level but give the guy a chance for f.uck sake.

BootyDaddyGS this is how you make yourself look silly, by making a judgement on a player before they even have a chance to settle and then relentlessly sticking to your assessment no matter what and refuse to acknowledge in any capacity whenever they play well thereafter.
You did the same with Cech and Mustafi (who were both excellent yesterday by the way).

Sure we're only playing West Brom, but Lacazette was rather good tonight I'm sure and even the dumbest of fans would struggle to argue otherwise. Bagging two goals along the way and worth noting it is a Pulis team as well who we always tend to struggle breaking down.

Maybe judging him after all of 5 league games was a bit stupid after all ....

Albert Einstein once said: "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

Whether or not Lacazette is an upgrade hinges on how he deals with a loss of form, lads. The type of goals he scores honestly doesn't determine anything.

Giroud is prone to ridiculously long periods without finding the net - like, literally months - but if Lacazette is more regular throughout the course of a nine-month season then he's a massive upgrade, regardless of whether every single goal is a five-yard tap in.

The best strikers in the Premier League typically don't go more than two or three weeks without finding the net. That's what held Giroud back, which means it held us back.

Judge Lacazette on how he reacts to periods of not scoring goals. That's the only gauge. Comparing and contrasting his goals and Giroud's is a waste of time because the manner in which Giroud scored was never the issue - it was the frequency.

He's growing in confidence. You could see him expressing himself more after he scored the penalty. He has good movement, so like Shane said it's going to be about temperament when the going gets tougher

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